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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Mollusca > Class: Bivalvia > Order: Pterioida > Family: Pinnidae > Genus: Pinna > Species: Pinna nobilis > See subspecies
Scientific name Source
Pinna nobilis var. gangisa De Gregorio, 1885 Renard J, B.I.M.M. and M.N.H.N.
Pinna nobilis var. pisciformis De Gregorio, 1885 Renard J, B.I.M.M. and M.N.H.N.
Pinna nobilis var. intermilla De Gregorio, 1885 Renard J, B.I.M.M. and M.N.H.N.
Pinna nobilis var. latella De Gregorio, 1885 Renard J, B.I.M.M. and M.N.H.N.
Pinna nobilis var. magus De Gregorio, 1885 Renard J, B.I.M.M. and M.N.H.N.
Pinna nobilis var. polii B.D.D., 1890 Renard J, B.I.M.M. and M.N.H.N.
Pinna nobilis var. rarisquama B.D.D., 1890 Renard J, B.I.M.M. and M.N.H.N.
Pinna nobilis var. dilatata Pallary, 1906 Renard J, B.I.M.M. and M.N.H.N.
Pinna nobilis var. nana Pallary, 1919 Renard J, B.I.M.M. and M.N.H.N.

Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Not evaluated (IUCN)
Protected by EU Habitats Directive and 2 other international agreements
Most preferred habitats
  • coastal
  • marine inlets and transitional waters
Natura 2000 species code 1028

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Threat and conservation status

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Common names and synonyms

The species has no common names
Synonym Author
Pinna squamosa Gmelin, 1791
Pinna muricata (Poli, 1791)
Pinna incurvata Von Born, 1780
Pinna gigas Chemnitz, 1785
Pinna obeliscus Chemnitz, 1785
Pinna angustana Lamarck, 1819
Pinna cornuformis Brusina, 1870
Pinna ensiformis Monterosato, 1884
Pinna nigella de Gregorio, 1885
Pinna rotundata sensu auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Pinna vitrea Gmelin, 1791
Pinna squammosa Réquien, 1848
Pinna nobilis var. gangisa De Gregorio, 1885
Pinna nobilis var. pisciformis De Gregorio, 1885
Pinna nobilis var. intermilla De Gregorio, 1885
Pinna nobilis var. latella De Gregorio, 1885
Pinna nobilis var. magus De Gregorio, 1885
Pinna nobilis var. polii B.D.D., 1890
Pinna nobilis var. rarisquama B.D.D., 1890
Pinna nobilis var. dilatata Pallary, 1906
Pinna nobilis var. nana Pallary, 1919

Other resources

Fauna Europaea search Fauna Europaea
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS search Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia
WoRMS World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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